Powerful Quotes

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But man has still another powerful resource: natural science with its strictly objective methods. — Ivan Pavlov
People who think my books are autobiographical, which they're not, credit me with having a much better memory than I do. I do, however, have… — Curtis Sittenfeld
The best in art and life comes from a center - something urgent and powerful, an idea or emotion that insists on its being. From… — Roger Rosenblatt
I think visual literacy and media literacy is not without value, but I think plain old-fashioned text literacy and mathematical literacy are much more powerful… — Neal Stephenson
I want you to understand that I respect the rights of the poorest and weakest of colored people, oppressed [to deny others their rights or… — John Brown
Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as… — Zoltan Kodaly
I am the slave of an internal power more powerful than my education. — Arnold Schoenberg
Ultimately, however, as the Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter pointed out, a powerful bureaucratic class is in the same relation to commerce as was the scorpion… — John Derbyshire
Powerful is our need to be known, really known by ourselves and others, even if only for a moment. — Carl Rogers
I recommend allowing others the opportunity to fully express themselves before turning our attention to solutions or requests for relief. When we proceed too quickly… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
I think empathy is a beautiful thing. I think that's the power of film though. We have one of the most powerful, one of the… — Michelle Rodriguez
It's no use telling us that something was 'mysterious' or 'loathsome' or 'awe-inspiring' or 'voluptuous.' By direct description, by metaphor and simile, by secretly evoking… — C.S. Lewis
Obama often criticizes policies that place the interests of the powerful ahead of the powerless. But through his administration's support of abortion rights, Obama shows… — Gary Bauer
I think you just have to turn it around and say we are at this absolute historical moment. No generation has ever been as powerful… — Unknown Author
I want to write about the great and powerful thing that listening is. And how we forget it. And how we don't listen to our… — Brenda Ueland
Listening is the oldest and perhaps the most powerful tool of healing. It is often through the quality of our listening and not the wisdom… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Empathic listening is so powerful because it gives you accurate data to work with. Instead of projecting your own autobiography and assuming thoughts, feelings, motives… — Stephen Covey
Powerful people do not have good listening skills. They hate to listen. They succeed by getting good at faking it ... If you're an extrovert,… — Penelope Trunk
The characteristic feature of militarism is not the fact that a nation has a powerful army or navy. It is the paramount role assigned to… — Ludwig von Mises
What counts is results, and there can be no doubt that the Soviet planning system has been a powerful engine for economic growth...The Soviet model… — Paul Samuelson
In my opinion, the trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments, which I have named the 'epic' one. It possesses nobility… — Hector Berlioz
When a man has no strength, if he leans on God, he becomes powerful. — Dwight L. Moody
Smell is the primordial sense, more powerful, more primitive, more intimately tied to our memories and emotions than any other. A scent can trigger spiritual,… — Donna Karan
Skepticism's bad rap arises from the impression that, however necessary the activity, it can only be regarded as a negative removal of false claims. Not… — Stephen Jay Gould
But the female mind has demonstrated a capacity for all the mental acquirements and achievements of men, and as generations ensue that capacity will be… — Nikola Tesla

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